Buyer of Tyler Perry's Mansion Revealed

Atlanta, GA — A businessman-turned-evangelist is the man who made Atlanta real estate history.

David Turner has been revealed as the buyer of Tyler Perry's 17-acre Buckhead property, a sale that, when it was negotiated in May 2016, became the most expensive real estate transaction in the city's history. Originally listed at $25 million, Turner bought the property for $17.5 million.

Turner was revealed as the buyer in the July Buckhead.com newsletter.

In an interview with the website's Ben Hirsh, Turner said, “God literally told me to come here. I went online and I saw this house, and that’s when I felt like God told me, ‘This is your house.’” Turner and Perry eventually met face to face and negotiated the sale.

Born in Miami, Turner began his business career as a producer of branded and private-label nuts and dried fruit including roasted and salted nuts, trail mixes and chocolate- and yogurt-covered nuts. Over the years, he built SunTree Snack Foods and Southwest Commodities, which combined have more than $100 million in sales.

He later sold the companies and launched the full-time David Turner International Ministries. He has since traveled all over the world as a Christian minister and preacher.

The home is located at 4110 Paces Ferry Road and features 34,688 square feet. The previous record for an Atlanta residential real estate sale was a Buckhead estate that sold for $10.5 million in 2009.

Image: Buckhead.com